Sharm El Sheikh Travel

Sharm El Sheikh is the most famous tourist resort in Egypt . Located on the southern most tip of the Sinai Peninsular, it’s home to some of the world’s best diving spots, the Ras Mohammed National Park, and an immeasurable number of luxury hotels, bars, pubs, discos, golf courses and casinos.

It is also where the world’s politicians choose to meet when visiting Egypt .

The foundations for Sharm El Sheikh were laid by the Israelis during their fifteen year occupation of the peninsular. They founded the settlement of Ofira. When Sinai was handed back to the Egyptians in 1982 as a result of the Camp David Accords, the settlement was repopulated by Egyptians, and has continued to grow with some momentum ever since.

Sharm El Sheikh is actually comprised of two adjacent bays, Sharm al-Maya (the original settlement of Ofira) and Nama Bay located 6km to the North. As the two developments continue to grow towards each other they edge ever closer to merging into a single resort strip.

Visitors to the area are mostly package holiday makers who arrive on direct charter flights from Europe . With most hotels being four and five star, independent travellers tend to head up the coast to the more relaxed, budget friendly beach resorts of Nuweiba and Dahab.

A ferry operates between Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada. Taking about 1 ½ hours on a good day, it’s the fastest and most comfortable way to/from the mainland, and allows the independent traveller to plot a circular route between Cairo, Sinai, and the Upper Egyptian cities or Luxor and Aswan.

Sharm El Sheikh Travel Links:

• Book flights to Sharm El Sheikh

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• Hurghada Travel

• Dahab Travel